Fulvia Furinghetti - Böcker

The book presents the history of ICMI trough a prosopographical approach. In other words, it pays a lot of attention to the actors of the International movement. The portraits of the members of the ICMI Central Committees (1908-1936) and ICMI Executive Committees (1952-2008), and other eminent figures in ICMI history, who have passed away in the first 100 years of its life, are the guiding thread of the volume. Each portrait includes:·         Biographical information ·         An outline of the various contributions made by the individual in question to the study of problems pertaining to mathematics teaching/education·         Primary bibliography·         Secondary with particular attention to the publications concerning the teaching of mathematics·         Images: photos, book frontispieces, relevant manuscriptsThe authors of the portraits (30 altogether) are researchers in the history of mathematics, mathematics, and mathematics education. The focus on the officer’s role within ICMI and on his/her contributions to mathematics education, make the portraits different from usual biographies. In particular, since most officers were active mathematicians, the portraits shed light on aspects of their lesser-known activity. Connecting chapters place the action of these figures in the historical context and in the different phases of ICMI history.

The book presents the history of ICMI trough a prosopographical approach. In other words, it pays a lot of attention to the actors of the International movement. The portraits of the members of the ICMI Central Committees (1908-1936) and ICMI Executive Committees (1952-2008), and other eminent figures in ICMI history, who have passed away in the first 100 years of its life, are the guiding thread of the volume. Each portrait includes:·         Biographical information ·         An outline of the various contributions made by the individual in question to the study of problems pertaining to mathematics teaching/education·         Primary bibliography·         Secondary with particular attention to the publications concerning the teaching of mathematics·         Images: photos, book frontispieces, relevant manuscriptsThe authors of the portraits (30 altogether) are researchers in the history of mathematics, mathematics, and mathematics education. The focus on the officer’s role within ICMI and on his/her contributions to mathematics education, make the portraits different from usual biographies. In particular, since most officers were active mathematicians, the portraits shed light on aspects of their lesser-known activity. Connecting chapters place the action of these figures in the historical context and in the different phases of ICMI history.

This work examines the main directions of research conducted on the history of mathematics education. It devotes substantial attention to research methodologies and the connections between this field and other scholarly fields. The results of a survey about academic literature on this subject are accompanied by a discussion of what has yet to be done and problems that remain unsolved.The maintopics you will find in “ICME-13 Topical Survey” include:•  Discussions of methodological issues in the history ofmathematics education and of the relation between this field and other scholarlyfields.•  The history of the formation and transformation ofcurricula and textbooks as a reflection of trends in social-economic, culturaland scientific-technological development.•  The influence of politics, ideology and economics onthe development of mathematics education, from a historical perspective.•  The history of the preeminent mathematics educationorganizations and the work of leading figures in mathematics education.•  Mathematics education practices and tools and thepreparation of mathematics teachers, from a historical perspective.

This book offers insights into the history of mathematics education, covering both the current state of the art of research and the methodology of the field. History of mathematics education is treated in the book as a part of social history. This book grew out of the presentations delivered at the International Congress on Mathematics Education in Hamburg. Modern development and growing internationalization of mathematics education made it clear that many urgent questions benefit from a historical approach.The chapters present viewpoints from the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia,Spain and Sweden. Each chapter represents significant directions of historical studies.The book is a valuable source for every historian of mathematics education and those interested in mathematics education and its development.